“So, at the meeting, we ruled out in totality the issue of reopening the religious houses until we have a clear coast for us to do so.” ReligiousCentres Lagos Osun Kwara SocialDistancing
• 812 healthcare workers infected with COVID-19, says NCDC
Elegushi said: “Even before the pronouncement by the Federal Government, we have been having meetings with the religious leaders. We even had one with the Safety Commission, looking at the possibility of reopening of religious houses. Similarly, Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji AbdulRazaq, disclosed yesterday that the state had not lifted the ban on religious activities.
This was as the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 yesterday reeled out more guidelines to worship centres when they reopen. Accordingly, churches and mosques would be required to keep a record of staff and worshippers for contact tracing purposes, while persons with high readings after temperature checks should be turned back.
“Facilities should be structured in a way that physical distancing is observed. People from the same household should be encouraged to stay together. Also, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu revealed that about 812 healthcare workers across the country had been infected with the coronavirus, even as over 65,000 samples had been tested. He said about 75 per cent of the nation’s cases contracted the virus through unknown sources while 23 per cent were contacts of people who returned to the country from abroad. Persons that returned from overseas made up only two per cent.
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